Adjustable raised toilet seat



April 23, 1963 J. F. GASS 3,086,223

ADJUSTABLE RAISED TOILET SEAT INV I ENTOR. JAMES FRANCIS GASS BY &@W

United States Patent it 3,086,223 Patented Apr. 23, 1963 3,086,223ADJUSTABLE RAISED TOILET SEAT James Francis Gass, 66 E. 83rd St., NewYork, NY. Filed May 18, 1961, Ser. No. 111,895 1 Claim. (Cl. 4-237 Thisinvention relates to toilet seats and more particularly to an auxiliary,portable and adjustable toilet seat adapted to be secured on aconventional toilet bowl without removing the conventional toilet seat.

Invalids, cripples, elders and others find it diflicult to sit on thetoilet seats at normal height. It is accordingly the principal object ofthe present invention to provide a portable toilet seat that is adaptedto be readily attached to and detached from a toilet bowl withoutinterfering with the conventional toilet seat and cover on the bowl, andthat is adjustable to seat levels to fit all individual requirements.

A specific object is to provide an auxiliary toilet seat which providesa higher seating surface for cripples, invalids, elders and the like.

Another object is to provide novel mounting means for securing anauxiliary toilet seat to a conventional toilet bowl.

Other objects of the invention are 'to provide an auxiliary toilet seatthat is convenient to manipulate, durable, attractive in appearance,easily cleaned, sanitary, simple in construction, economical tomanufacture, comfortable, safe, and affording independence and ease.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a toilet bowl assembly, with a toiletseat embodying the invention applied to the toilet bowl.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of the line 2-2of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a top perspective view of the improved toilet seat per se.

FIG. 4 is a spread perspective View of a leg and bracket assembly usedwith the toilet seat.

FIG. 5 is a bottom perspective view of a bracket used with the toiletseat.

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a fragment of a toilet !bowland toilet seat, showing the improved toilet seat applied in a mannerdifferent from the manner of applying as shown in FIG. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, in FIG. 1 there is shown a toiletbowl 10 of ordinary construction having a base 12, a bowl portion 14open at the top vn'th a lip or flange 16 therearound. A conventionaltoilet seat 18 and cover 26 therefore are permanently fixed and hingedlymounted to the bowl by a seat and cover hinge 22. The seat and cover areshown in raised position. A flush tank 24 containing water and valvemechanism for flushing the bowl is mounted adjacent the bowl andconnected to the bowl by suitable water conduit structure 26. Anoperating handle 28 is mounted on the tank.

In accordance with the present invention, an auxiliary toilet seatindicated generally at 30 is provided and shown mounted on the lip 16 ofthe bowl portion 14. The toilet seat 30 has a narrow substantially ovalbody 32 with round upper side and a flat lower side and may bemade ofwood, plastic or any other suitable material and may be colored toconform to the motif of the bathroom. The body has a central opening 33.A plurality of fiat metal legs are formed with angular feet or flanges36 at one end which are secured to the under surf-ace of the body 32 bymeans of screws 38. Washers 40 may be placed between the feet or flangesand the body if desired. The legs are formed with equidistantly spacedholes 42 along the centers thereof. Four of such legs are shown.

Brackets 44 made of flat bar metal similarly to the legs 34, areadjustably connected to the bottom free ends of the legs. The bracketsare each bent at one end forming a right angular flange 46, which flangeterminates in short flange 48 disposed substantially perpendicularly tothe flange 46 and disposed substantially parallel to the body of thebracket. It will be noted that the flange 48 slants slightly inwardtoward the body of the bracket. Flange 46 is covered by a corrugatedstrip of rubber 50 and the inner surface of flange 48 is similarlycovered with a corrugated strip of rubber 52. The body portion of thebracket is formed with a plurality of equidistantly spaced holes 54along its center. The metal bars constituting the legs and brackets arepreferably formed of heavy-duty cadmium plated steel brackets fordurability and safety and so as to match the decor of other bathroomfixtures.

In use, the brackets 44 are fastened to the free ends of the legs 34 byplacing the body portions thereof against the legs 34 with the holes 42and 54 in the legs and brackets in register and then inserting screws 56there 7 through and holding the brackets in place by wing nuts barsconstituting legs 34 depend from the body 32. The

53. The brackets maybe adjusted up and down along the legs toaccommodate the body of the seat to the desired level or height. Thelegs 34 will extend along the inner surface of the bowlll) with theflanges 46 of the brackets 44 seated on the lip or flange 16 of the bowland with the flanges 48 engaging the outer surface of the lip or flange16 of the bowl. The brackets may be mounted on the outer surface of thelegs 34 with the flanges 48 on the outside of the lip or flange 16 ofthe bowl as shown in FIG. 1, or on the inside surface of the legs 34bringing the'flanges 48 on the inside of the'lip or flange 16 as shownin FIG. 6. In either manner, the flanges 46 and 48 of the brackets andthe bottom free ends of the legs 34 cooperate to steady the toilet seaton the bowl and prevent lateral tilting or displacement of the toiletseat. The rubber strips 56 and 52 on the brackets prevent marring of thetoilet bowl.

The auxiliary toilet seat 30 is supported at a distance above the top ofthe toilet bowl sufficient to permit the convenient use of enemaequipment and for other neces sary services by an attendent forparalyzed or partly paralyzed patients. 7

The invention also contemplates providing means for preventing spillagearound the bowl and seat and for this purpose, a strip of flexibleplastic sheeting is encircled in annular formation underneath the ovalbody 32 of the toilet seat, extending from the body downwardly to thetop of thebowl 10 forming a shield or deflector 60. The strip isfastened in position by inserting the top screws 56 therethrough andsetting up on the wing nuts 58.

The auxiliary toilet seat 30 and shield 60 may be se-. cured to thesupporting brackets 44 by means of S-shaped hooks having one endextending through the aligned openings in the legs 34 and shield andhaving the other end hooked through the aligned openings in the legs andbrackets. 7

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and that variorus changes andmodifications 3 new, and desire to secure by United States LettersPatent In an auxiliary seat assembly for a toilet bowl top, an oval seathaving a rounded upper side and a flat lower side, four legs dependingfrom said lower side and being substantially equidistantly spaced fromeach other around the seat, said legs each having a series of spacedholes centrally thereof, said legs having lower ends arranged to engagethe edge of a toilet bowl top on one side thereof with the seatsuperimposed over the toilet bowl top and spaced above the toilet bowltop, brackets adjustably mounted on the legs, said brackets each havinga series of spaced holes in register with the holes in the legs, screwsextending through the registered holes for adjustably connecting thebrackets to the legs, wing nuts on the screws for holding the bracketsin adjusted position on the legs, said brackets having angular endsarranged to engage the edge of the toliet bowl top at the opposite sidethereof,

said brackets having angular portions adapted to seat upon the upperside of the toilet bowl top so as to support the seat on and spacedabove a toilet bowl top, and rubber strips covering the angular ends andangular portions of the brackets for preventing marring of the toiletbowl top, and an annular shield extending downwardly from the seat tothe toilet bowl top, said shield being secured to the legs by screw andnut assemblies, the angular end of each bracket extending at a slightangle inwardly toward the lower end of the adjacent leg, and is providedwith corrugated rubber lining for gripping the said toilet bowl andkeeping the brackets thereon in non-skid position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,583,718 Walls Jan. 29, 1952 2,698,948 Levitt Jan. 11, 1955- 2,790,182Malin Apr. 30. 19-11

